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On a par with encouraging public-private partnership, the State government aims to ensure people's participation in tourism development, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday.
He was speaking while inaugurating the seventh edition of the four-day Kerala Travel Mart through video-conferencing here. "This policy will ensure a bigger role for people of each locality in tourism development. This apart, importance has been given to ensure protection and preservation of the environment since nature is a prime asset of the State. Nature has to be preserved at its best for coming generations."
Mr Chandy spoke of how investors evinced interest in tourism projects showcased at the Emerging Kerala investment summit, especially the seaplane project.
Commuting woes
The commuting woes of Kerala's citizenry and tourists visiting the State were aired by Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K. V. Thomas. He recounted how it took four and a half hours to travel from Ernakulam to Oachira for him. "One can cover the Bangalore-Hyderabad distance in the same time."
Garbage management is another issue and this is polluting both land and water. Alappuzha once boasted of virgin waterbodies, which have been polluted now. Tourists have to cover their nose and enter the boats. Hartals and frequent strikes was another turn off for tourists, the worst affected being those on package tours, Mr Thomas said.
The Minister for Tourism A P Anil Kumar highlighted Kerala's natural and social advantages, which offer a refreshing experience to guests. He said that an integrated tourism master plan and a fast-track clearance system for projects have been planned.
In his address, Finance Minister KM Mani said the environment must be clean if tourism has to thrive.
The Secretary of Kerala Tourism B Suman spoke of the need to ensure the quality of visitor experience. "The focus must be on the benefits to the community. Plans are afoot to begin a Muziris heritage circuit, around the ancient trade centre."
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Reviving Caribbean literature
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest held last week in Port of Spain is a timely reminder that however bleak political and cultural life in the West Indies may seem from time to time, at least Caribbean literature is alive and well. In four days, at nearly 100 events, the Lit Fest held readings, workshops and panel discussions with more than 50 authors — most from the Caribbean but some from much further afield. In fact the schedule was so crammed that the audience often faced hard choices between a known writer and a promising newcomer, or a documentary (there were film screenings too) and a discussion of Caribbean historiography, or art.
As the events unfolded, it was hard not to notice how interwoven West Indian culture remains even 50 years after the failure of Federation. Nearly every discussion – whether concerned with West Indian history, literary influences, or our relationship to the colonial imagination – invoked writers from all parts of the region, and not just the usual suspects – CLR James, Kamau Brathwaite, Naipaul, Walcott – either. Guyanese writers and artists were repeatedly mentioned, notably Wilson Harris, Aubrey Williams and Denis Williams. There were readings by Fred D'Aguiar and Stephen Narain (a Bahamian writer of Guyanese extraction) and the screening of a documentary on Walter Rodney.
As the Lit Fest got underway, the Caribbean Literature Action Group (CALAG) – a partnership between the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, the British Council and Commonwealth Writers – convened in Port of Spain, to address the root causes of what might be called our literary diaspora. A CALAG press release noted that although "literature is one of the region's most celebrated cultural products … Caribbean writers continue to migrate to North America and Europe in order to obtain financial support for their work and to achieve the highest level of international recognition." In time, the group hopes to create conditions in which sustainable literary publishing can take root throughout the Caribbean, repatriating some of our exported talent and helping local writers to compete on a world stage.
In part the emigration of literary talent from the Caribbean is due to the "embryonic state" of literary publishing, most notably the absence of the literary agents, marketing and public relations professionals integral to the success of most well-established publishing houses. But it is also due to a wider cultural malaise. Fifty years after independence, the Caribbean still takes too many of its cultural cues from abroad. We tend to accord the full measure of our respect to singers, authors or intellectuals only when they have been properly certified elsewhere. Predictably, this neglect encourages a widespread exodus of creative talent and leaves little behind to inspire or nurture the next generation of artists and writers. Events like the Bocas Lit Fest, or more ambitious undertakings like Carifesta, remind us of how much talent we have dismissed or overlooked.
What makes the Bocas Lit Fest (now in just its second year) remarkable is not just the wide and generous sponsorship it received, nor its excellent administration, but its intellectual breadth and seriousness. This is mostly due to the indefatigable energy of Marina Salandy-Brown and Nicholas Laughlin, its two leading lights, and their success in getting the wider society to take books, writers and ideas seriously again. Their efforts were amply rewarded. The festival drew large audiences and produced lively discussions throughout its four-day run. It was an inspiring example of how quickly a few dedicated people can regain cultural momentum that has been lost for decades.
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It's been an eventful week.. The kind of week that doesn't abide well with me. The cold temps and then this last week with temps going below and above freezing, rain, sleet and snow alternately is wreaking havoc with my fibro and arthritis. I have to admit that in those periods I don't handle stress very well. Not. At. All.
I followed my mother to the doctor earlier this week. They've reached that age where the line between child and parent remains, but where the roles are swapped.
Turns out they had forgotten to give her the prescription on blood thinners, she was supposed to have started on last year. I also mentioned to her doctor about the pressure she's feeling around her chest when she's doing physical work - like shoveling snow. (They shouldn't be doing these things, but they insist on clearing the steps on their own) She, herself, had completely forgotten to mention this, because she didn't think it was important. My dad, thankfully, remembered to mention it right before we left the house. The doctor found it important enough to put her up for a thorough check at the hospital.
My dad was hospitalized this week. Atrial fibrillation and liquid in his lungs. He's been put on diuretics, which they hope will remove it, or at least reduce it. He's coming home today.
It's tough to watch them grow older and weaker. Even though I knew this would happen and I've observed grandparents growing old and how our parents had to care for them, I wasn't prepared. I'm not sure you can be fully prepared for these things.
How to offer them help without compromising their integrity and pride. How to suggest necessary steps to ensure their safety without insulting them. How to persuade them to accept that there are things they can no longer do themselves. How to do all this without ending up a slave to all their whims and impulsive ideas. How to avoid getting frustrated and annoyed at them 'nagging' on you all the time.
They don't nag on me all the time, but I still get frustrated and annoyed. I'm just not a good enough person to avoid the groan when the landline rings and I know it's my mom, because my phone number is the only number she remembers and there are only two persons in the whole world who ever calls me on the landline. And no, I don't have the heart to drop the landline, even though it is expensive, because that IS the only number my mother remembers. I'm not THAT bad a person, either, and if there is an emergency she needs to get hold of someone, like when my dad was hospitalized.
There may be permanent nerve damage on Simen's teeth. He's up for further checks next week. For now, he's surviving on soft foodz only. Recipe suggestions are much appreciated.
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I enjoy peanut butter soup. Most ingredients are run through the blender. I'll post that one on my page.
I understand about parents. My mom died in 2000, but my dad is still hale and hearty. We have discussed plans for when he's not. :(
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TECAHUISTE INDIANS. The Tecahuiste Indians, probably a Coahuiltecan group, were met in South Texas by Damián Massanet in 1690.
Frederick Webb Hodge, ed., Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (2 vols., Washington: GPO, 1907, 1910; rpt., New York: Pageant, 1959).
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Actually a Seizing is almost as strong as a sweging or a splice.
To seize two lines together is an time honor method of making an eye or finishing off a bitter end to the standing part of a line.
But it takes skill that the average sailboater don't have. It requires either an old time rigger or Boatswain to apply one where it is needed.
I've made and used the seizings many times where a knot, hitch or splice just wouldn't just look right or just won't do. Don't worry the seizing held.
It is an art under some situations you may need to use up to four or more seizings. Usually on stays & shrouds of made old school.
Oh it may look like a whipping, but I asure you it is not a whipping.
And splicing used double braid is not always possible.
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Freedom is a complicated, annoying, thing, and sometimes having a freedom means you accept the consequences of that freedom. In the US, we have freedom of speech, which means we can bitch about our government if we want to. But that also means someone else, who has the polar opposite of your views, has the exact same right you do. And I will defend that person with my dying breath that they have that right, no matter how much I detest what they're saying.
You have to keep that in perspective when you start talking about rights and legality. WooThemes had the legal right to do what they did. That doesn't mean you don't get to think that it was a dick move, and you may, but what it was, was 100% above-board. They were honest about it, and it was legal. The GPL affords us the freedom to make plugins, fork WordPress if we wanted, and do what we want, so long as we don't restrict the freedoms even more.
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Barry Hughes
PermalinkNicely expressed!
I don't think many people (if any) are suggesting that what WooThemes did was illegal, merely that they would understand if the remaining devs at Jigoshop felt a little forked off.
PermalinkTo have my project forked would certainly make me feel rather bad, but at the same time, someone obviously sees potential in my software to use it as a starting point.
Joost de Valk
PermalinkWill you need a spoon with that?
Permalink@Andrew – Would you feel bad because they chose to work on it by themselves or because they didn't chip in and help you out with your own project?
@Joost de Valk – Well, a spoon is less likely to cause an injury than a fork.
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TUCSON. (AP) - Junior Tabitha Murray pitched consecutive perfect games for Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), a Division III school, in a doubleheader Wednesday.
She set down 15 batters in a row in an 8-0 victory against Sul Ross State (Texas) and 18 in a row in a 10-0 win against Edgewood (Wis.).
Baldwin-Wallace, located in Berea, Ohio, is on a spring trip to Arizona. The Yellow Jackets wrap up the trip Thursday with their final two games in the Tucson Invitational.
Murray struck out six in the opener Wednesday while going 2-for-3 as designated hitter with a run scored and an RBI. In the nightcap, she struck out seven and went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
On the season, Murray is 6-2 with an 0.87 ERA, striking out 50 in 40 1/3 innings. She is batting .500 (12-for-24) with four runs scored, four doubles and eight RBI.
Including a relief appearance in a win Tuesday, Murray has retired 34 consecutive batters. She entered this season with a 13-8 career record for the Yellow Jackets.
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Memoria(Remembrance)With sadness, I remember.The instruments they heldProoved greater than the sword,And brought light to the waste.I remember.They who lie hidden.Sheltered in the muck ofOur world. Uncut diamondsIn the ruff; Forgotten.I remember.Those who once walked our halls.They who inspired, and were admired.Those countless, creative minds.Those who were, and are, my friends.I remember:He, who in sadness and despair,Continually touched my soulAnd spurred me on to neverSettle for less, but to reachUpwards, with 'Excelsior!' everOn my lips.I remember:He who still dwells among us.A shadow of what he was,But still great in his own right.He who guided my hands,Like a potter on a wheel,Shaping, and making for the better.I remember:The Maiden across the water.Kind words spewing forthLike so many waterfalls.Who in my doubt and malignancyPicked me up and kindness spread.Renewing me from my flames.I remember:Those countless hordes,From places I cannot name.Who only came, leavingMinute traces of their visits.But traces they were, placing meWhere I am today.I remember!With these recollectionsFlowing through me;Quik-Silver in my veins.I am inspired again.I remember!Ever Higher! I will go.Never, will I cease.Never, will I abait.Never, will I yield.For it is only their reward.Fitting, for their service to us all.Requiescat in Pace;In Memoriam.
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I quite like memoria and i like the flow of Here we go.
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Close your eyes; only for a moment, then the moments gone.Why go on? When nothing last forever in an endless dawn.Say Farewell. Life goes on in front of me, then beats me down.Why can't I... Face my fears inside of me; remove them all?I sit and weep! Like Sisyphus I never reach the leeward side.Won't you go? Off on mad adventure while I fester here.Now I lie trapped! Without a friend around to hear my desperate cries!Don't march on; Life's a road that ever winds beyond our sight.Won't hold on! Curriculum Vitae, thats just the way it goes.Death stands watch; Always eye your shadow, 'case its never there.Just listen please! Let this be a warning to your wayward soul.Close my eyes; Sucumbe to all that haunts me in eternity...
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I really like Here we go.Sounds like something I would sing.The last one on page 4 was very nice. It gave me that feeling of war...But not war.... Hmm. This last one though.... It seemed bipolar. It changed in its.... purpose. But then it went back to it. If you take out the second stanza it seems to fit better, but I liked the second stanza on its own.
Posted Apr 8, '11 at 9:30am
I really like Here we go.Sounds like something I would sing.
The last one on page 4 was very nice.
It gave me that feeling of war...But not of war....
This last one though.... It seemed bipolar. It changed in its.... purpose. But then it went back to it. If you take out the second stanza it seems to fit better, but I liked the second stanza on its own.
Posted Apr 8, '11 at 10:01am
This last one though.... It seemed bipolar.
Posted Apr 8, '11 at 12:58pm
41. A Creation(Pantoum)Blossoming onto the page,Ink flows from my pen.Master of my realm,Fates lie in my hand.Ink flows from my pen,Bleeding on the paper.Fates lie in my hand,Scratch! And you are gone.Bleeding on the paper:Death, destroyer of worlds.Scratch! And you are gone.Blood flows everywhere.Death, destroyer of worlds:Master of my realm.Blood flows everywhere,Blossoming onto the page.__________Writing about the ultimate power we seem to hold over all we draw or write. Whatever we create, we can just as easily erase it from all existence, never to return again unless we deem.
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Blossoming LoveNone can compare to my lover's life!All words to describe fall flat, fall plain.We battled through war, and fought through strife,Emerging sweeter than the purest of cane.*And none can compare to my lover's eye!Innocent through the shades they have seen.Each night I pray that I may ne'er die,And be parted from their fish-scale gleem.And we have only been purified,Like a mountain spring rolling down its bed.From her grace my eye cannot be pried,Though I weep for the victorious dead.And when we failed, those many times,We did not gnash our teeth, nor break our brow.And though adversity be more sour than lime,We pushed e'er foward! A grand ship's prow.But the greatest? That through all our trials,My lover always brough my lips to smile.*Cane Suger, that is.__________I wrote this for the 10 Day Poetry Contest, and the theme was 'Out of the Ashes'. I was inspired by Sonnet 130, written by William Shakespeare. Its about how, through turmoil and troubles, two people's love always becomes stronger trough the hardship.
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My Tears Flow From KokytosAlso entitled, The Old Man of CreteIntro:My tears flow from Kokytos;Haides' river of lamentations.My sorrows bequeth from Man's nature.Eternal, I stand my vigil at the banks.And through the march and flow of time,The cries of those who are cast hereLeap out and molest my ears,Only adding to my sorrow that brings these tears.Verse I: Caina"Abel! It is I crouching at your door!For am I not your Brother's keeper?Alas, cursed to lie beneath the ground,Enshrouded in my frost-white tomb.""Your fury seven times have I come to know!And yet, is it not true that I have done you no harm?For cursed is the ground from which Cain worked,Cold, hard, unforgiving; only misery sprouts here now."Verse II: Antenora"No respite shall you find at my people's house!Nay, only a Panther Skin have they to offer the weary.Only too willing am I to open the door to my enemies,Despite the trouble they will pass on to my neighbor's house.""For what is worth a moment's reprieve from this torment?Not even a face that could launch Ten-Thousand Ships?For even Ares would not save the d*mned whom the ice shackles,Although the Shroud of Peace is absent from this hell."Verse III: Ptolomea"What amount of gold or silver could my freedom buy?Better, how much does simple courage cost?For what I perceived to be cunning and ingenuity,Was only Eris, clad in a web of fine mist.""How voluntarily I welcomed them into my home!And voluntarily I slaughtered them as they dined!Thus my betrayal is deemed a hundred-fold worse,And I curse the day I came forth from my mother's womb!"Verse IV: Judecca"Frozen in my eyes lie my countless tears.How I weep at my sin of my great betrayal!For only I hold acclaim to the death of the Lord,And have deserved this flaying from Satan's claws.""For at the heart of Hell I dwell forever,With Brutus and Cassius as my eternal friends.And how Satan here will grind my bones,His ears deaf to my cries, my pleas."Coda:And alone, I sit on my pedestal.As eternity watches over them.And Kokytos flows nine times around,Encircling this realm of Haides.But who am I to ramble on?As I dwell here on its icy shores.And forever you shall find me here,For my tears come from Kokytos.__________I wrote this for the 10 Day Poetry contest, and the them was 'Your Private Shore'. There are many, many references to Greek Mythology, and Dante's Divine Comedy. I'm writing from the view point of The Old Man of Crete, a statue whose tears create the River Kokytos, or the River of Lamentation. Each verse are the voice(s) of those who lie in each part of the 9th Circle of Hell.Yes, I was in a Hellenistic mood when I wrote it.
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Aruna, HM and Guruprasad, K and Murthy, MVV and Chandra, Ramesh (1986) Finite element analysis of composite rudder for MiG-21 aircraft. Technical Report. National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, India.
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The hours of inactivity and unhealthy eating habits are sufficient justification, and can cause this to be TruthInTelevision. The older form also has justification in the "ForgetsToEat" aspect of things. The reverse is also true as those entering such industries age and realize they're losing their youthful metabolisms and as such professions become more of a career and less a stepping stone to other things.Compare HollywoodNerd. Occasionally coupled with a NerdyInhaler to try and [[JustifiedTrope justify]] it. {{Badass Bookworm}}s often, but don't always, avert this. May overlap with FatAndSkinny.----!! Skinny Examples:[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]* ''CodeGeass'': Lelouch, the genius who plays chess on a country-sized game board, is regularly teased for being out of shape compared with Suzaku, Sayoko and even Milly.* ''Manga/DeathNote'': L, a pale, skinny man who eats like a fat geek. 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Warlock (played by Kevin Smith) is an example of the other type.* Creator/EddieDeezen, famous for playing (among other roles) stereotypical nerd Eugene in ''{{Grease}}'', Malvin in ''WarGames'' and Eddie Lipschultz in [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092210/ The Whoopee Boys]].** Not to mention his most famous animated role, [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory MANDARK!!]] ''[[EvilLaugh HA, HA-HA, HA, HA-HA, HA-HA!!]]''** WarGames actually paired-up Deezen as the skinny geek, with Maury Chaykin playing an overweight geek.* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' has one.--> '''Kida:''' ''(to Milo)'' "You are a scholar, are you not? Judging from your diminished physique and large forehead, you are suited for nothing else!* Tim in ''Film/AboutTime''.* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Donnie is the tallest of the four brothers, standing half a head taller than Raph or Leo, and is skinny compared to the others.[[AC:{{Literature}}]]* Literature/SherlockHolmes is thin as a rail, because he simply ForgetsToEat half the time. This doesn't concern him, because he considers the only important part of himself to be his brain, of which everything else is merely an appendage. Otherwise inverted, though, as he is trained in several forms of fighting and can easily defend himself if need be. He's also likely ripped: in "The Speckled Band" he straightens a steel fireplace poker after a client's stepfather tries to threaten him by bending it. Straightening it would actually require more strength than just bending it.* In Creator/CoryDoctorow's ''[[http://baens-universe.com/articles/When_Sysadmins_Ruled_the_Earth When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth]]'', a major character is a "type-two sysadmin, over six feet tall, long pony-tail, bobbing Adam's apple. Over his toast-rack chest, his tee said CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON and featured a row of polyhedral RPG dice."* Fitz, from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures novels, who is described as looking like he's [[NoodlePeople made of pipecleaners]]. He's quite into SpeculativeFiction, particularly ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and once dubbed a sea monster "{{Cthulhu}}", although his characterization generally isn't overtly geeky.* Ponder Stibbons in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, a computer/science geek wizard who is "by [his] own admission, a wet and a weed".* The titular character of the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' is unquestionably a massive nerd, and is permanently stuck in the form of a weedy teenager.[[AC:LiveActionTV]]* Series/{{Sherlock}}, like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes literary counterpart]], is ridiculously skinny and claims not to eat on cases - the number of times he is shown eating in six episodes could be counted on one hand. Prior to filming, Creator/{{Benedict Cumberbatch}} had another role as a cancer patient, but didn't want to shave his head because he was growing out his hair for ''Sherlock''. 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His appearance could be described by MrFanservice.* The Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors from ''Series/DoctorWho''. Ten's case gets lampshaded the most - Donna jokes about it more than once, and Eleven's immediate reaction on meeting him was...--> "How very skinny. That is proper skinny! I've never seen it from the outside, it's like a special effect! Oi, ha, matchstick-man!"** ''Creator/PeterCapaldi'' as the Twelfth Doctor is continuing this. Clara calls him a "grey-haired stick insect".* Dr. Spencer Reid from ''Series/CriminalMinds'' almost looks like he's made of wire. From the episode "Identity":-->''(Reid knocks on a guy's door)''-->'''Militia Man''': ''(answers door, points to a no soliciting sign)'' What the hell do you want? Can't you read?-->'''Reid''': I'm not a salesman, I'm with the FBI.-->'''Militia Man''': FBI? You're not serious? You look like a pipe cleaner with eyes. I could snap you like a twig.-->'''[[CoolOldGuy Rossi]]''': ''(stepping into view)'' But then, he isn't alone.* Eric Forman from ''Series/That70sShow'' is often teased for his skinniness.* ''{{Chuck}}'', although it takes Adam Baldwin on the male side, and Yvonne [[FanNickname Strathotski]] on the female side to really count as this.* Murray 'Boz' Bozinsky from the ''Series/{{Riptide}}'' series.* Phillip from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' is on the skinny half of the trope - and while he may not be much skinnier than his co-star Shoutaro, his very tight clothing under a billowing coat emphasizes his skinniness.* Abed in ''Series/{{Community}}'', though it's very much averted with Troy.** "Fat" Neil.* Ally of ''AustinAndAlly'' is short and skinny, but still cute via {{Adorkable}} and ShesGotLegs.* Wesley from ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' fits very cleanly into the thin and dorky mold, his geek cred being science and academics based. Adam, meanwhile, was the short thin comic book nerd variety.* Sylvester from ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'' fits the "geeks are fat" dynamic.[[AC:VideoGames]]* Otacon in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' was going to be fat, but wound up a skinny nerd in the finished product.** And by ''Sons of Liberty'', they'd [[{{Bishonen}} forgotten he was even supposed to be a nerd at all]].* Bernard and Laverne on ''ManiacMansion'' and ''DayOfTheTentacle''.* The "Super Nerd" trainer class in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.* In ''Videogame/{{Bully}}'', there's an entire clique of nerds. Three of them (Algie, Fatty and Melvin) are fat, and the others (Earnest, Bucky, Cornelius, Donald and Thad) are scrawny with hunched postures.[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]* Tedd from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. He even [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-11-24 sees himself as this]] during an ImagineSpot where he compares himself to other, "better" men [[MagicalGirlfriend Grace]] might meet at school.* [[{{Keet}} Hanna]] from the eponymous ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName''. Tiny (around 5'3,) and skinny as a rail, but with wide shoulders and big hands that make him [[{{Adorkable}} super awkward]].* [[{{Goth}} Jessica]] from ''WebComic/{{Freakwatch}}'' is quite nerdy, with an obvious fascination with puzzles, horror movies and electronics, and is somewhat on the chunky side. [[BlackAndNerdy Warren,]] a fellow horror fan and RPG enthusiast, is rail-thin by contrast.* Gary in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' initially looks to fit the skinny pattern, exacerbated by his frequently poor posture. Really, though, he's just slim, and he seems to be in pretty good shape for someone who's never seen to take any exercise, to the point of averting the trope; the comic's female cast have no trouble finding him cute, even or especially when he's stripped. See below on his friend Jung.* Teenager Alex of ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'' more or less claims to fit the trope ("I'm a gamer! How would having abs help ME?"), but actually, he's pretty {{Adorkable}} from the start -- and then his friend Marie (herself a slim teenage GamerChick) catches the physical fitness bug, and becomes determined to get him ripped.[[AC:WebOriginal]]* Ferret of the WhateleyUniverse. So was Jobe, before he accidentally pulled a ProfessorGuineaPig and turned himself into a statuesque drow elf girl.[[AC:WesternAnimation]]* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' also had Homer's roommates when he was in college. Two thin, one fat, all geeks.* Harold from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland.''** To a lesser extent, Cody and Noah are both skinner than any of the non-geeky guys, not to mention shorter.* One of the scariest examples was found in an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''.* Flint Lockwood in Sony's ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', who also has [[EinsteinHair messy mad scientist hair]].* Gretchen Grundler from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.** Vince's brother Chad as well. In fact, he looked nearly identical to [[FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]].* Steve, Snot and Toshi on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''!! Fat Examples:[[AC:ComicBooks]]* Zodon of ''ComicBook/PS238''. Or at least his hologram. His true appearance appears to be rather normal, at least for a person with a powerpowered oversized cranium whose lower body is never shown due to his hover chair.* Kalish of ''UniversalWarOne''.[[AC:{{Film}}]]* ''Film/JurassicPark'': Dennis Nedry* [[Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard W4RL0Q]]* Maury Chaykin's "Jim Sting" in ''Film/WarGames'' (he's the one who calls Eddie Deezen "Mr. Potato Head").* Glenn the hacker from the first ''[[TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' movie.[[AC:{{Literature}}]]* Oscar in ''Literature/TheBriefWondrousLifeOfOscarWao''--the 2008 Pulitzer Winner--is a hugely overweight Star Wars nerd from the Dominican Republic.* One of Lisbeth Salander's few friends in Stieg Larsson's ''Literature/MillenniumTrilogy'' is an obese geek with poor social skills (except online).* Harold Lauder of ''Literature/TheStand'' was overweight (in the novel, anyway; the miniseries turned him into a skinny geek or arguably a HollywoodGeek).* ''MaximumRide'''s [[MadScientist ter Borcht]] is described as fat. Is he evil? You get three guesses and the first two don't count.* Literature/SherlockHolmes' brother Mycroft: possibly even more brilliant than Holmes but completely uninterested in physical activity beyond the minimum.* In Cory Doctorow's ''[[http://baens-universe.com/articles/When_Sysadmins_Ruled_the_Earth When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth]]'', the main character is "a type-one admin, with an extra seventy or eighty pounds all around the middle, and a neat but full beard that he wore over his extra chins. His tee said HELLO CTHULHU..."* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', there's the bookish Samwell Tarly of the Night's Watch.[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]* William Barf�e from ''The25thAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'', at least in most productions.[[AC:VideoGames]]* Sal Manella from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games, more like a fat {{Otaku}}.* In ''SteinsGate'', MadScientist Rintaro Okabe is very skinny. PlayfulHacker Itaru Hashida, on the other hand, is extremely fat.[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]* Parson Gotti was a classic roleplaying nerd till he was summoned to ''{{Erfworld}}''. He's slimming down recently.** Those daily patrols through the whole city and the long rooms and tall stairwells in the main building must be helping.** Natural Signamancy (the magic of making the appearance of things reflect their roles and personalities) would also play its part; Parson's determination to be more personally involved in the battles he directs is being represented in his physique.* Jung in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' definitely matches the plump version of the trope -- though he's not morbidly obese. See above on his "skinny" pal Gary.[[AC:Web Original]]* The [[{{Imageboards}} Board-tan]] representing 4Chan's /tg/ (the board for discussing tabletop games) is drawn as either skinny or fat.* Website/SomethingAwful once featured a ''WebComic/{{XKCD}}'' parody with a shop that only sold T-shirt in sizes small and XXXXX-large.* Open Source Greg of [[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad 4 Gregs]] is fat. The other 3 are skinny-ish, but in a StickFigureAnimation that's nothing unusual.* ''WhateleyUniverse'' examples: Overclock, the Mountain Dew guzzling computer deviser, and Erlenmeyer, the chem deviser both. Belphegor (yes, his codename is Belphegor) definitely counts too.[[AC:WesternAnimation]]* The Comic Book Guy on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''** In one episode Comic Book Guy attempts to return a Franchise/StarTrek belt he won as a prize because it was sized medium, and "the average Trekker has no use for a ''medium-sized'' belt".* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Wade Load, the overweight variety* Reginald "Skull", a video-game crazed comic geek from ''MonsterHouse''.* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland,'' both Beth and Ezekiel could count as minor examples--she's plump and he's at least flabby, in contrast to the other characters who are mostly skinny girls, athletic guys or skinny geeks listed above.* Barry on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is obese.** However, it's implied that the anti-psychotic meds he takes make him eat more.*** Steve is unusually strong when he's angry, but always comes across as weedy whenever Stan tries to encourage him to do anything that involves strength. This is largely a case of DependingOnTheWriter.* Lenny the obsessive Powerpuff Girls nerd in the ''WesternAnimation/PowerpuffGirls'' episode "Collect Her".!! Subversions:[[AC:{{Film}}]]* The protagonists in ''FreeEnterprise'' are hardcore sci-fi nerds (especially concerning ''Franchise/StarTrek''), but are both in pretty good shape and are occasionally shown shooting hoops. One of them gets laid on a regular basis.[[AC:LiveActionTV]]* Billy on ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. Justified because he, you know, fights monsters every week.** Early on, the costume department made a valiant attempt to make him look like a Thin Geek, but they gave it up for a bad job after a season or two (FYI, David Yost was a ''GYMNAST'' before playing Billy.)* Connor Temple from ''{{Primeval}}''. One hell of a geek, but managed to carry Cutter, who is at least as tall as him, maybe taller, out of a collapsing building. If you ever see him sleeveless, you'll see why.** He also manages to survive in prehistoric times for a ''year'' and comes out pretty BadAss to the point where it's strange to him after coming back to London that he doesn't constantly have to worry about survival and that both him and Abby can sleep at the same time without a dinosaur eating them.* [[Series/{{Leverage}} Hardison]] is pretty fit for a guy who spends days at a time staring a computer screen. Even before the team formed and he had to do more physical stuff he was only lanky, not out of shape.** This point is driven home in the hazing scenes of "The Experimental Job" where he is forced to strip down to his underwear and run the length of a college campus and he's basically the most cut guy of the group.* Daniel Jackson on ''Series/StargateSG1'' is given as much action as any of the other members of the team. While they try to hide MichaelShanks actual physique, it's never implied that he's physically less able than the other members - sporting heavier weapons in later seasons as he becomes a more experienced combatant.* Roy, from ''Series/TheITCrowd''. He is tall, oafish and slightly pudgy in the middle. His attire could be described as geek-chic, though somewhat boyish,and is shown to be socially confident to a fault. In fact, his love life cases him trouble on more than one occasion. Moss, however, is an example played hilariously straight.* Freddie from ICarly in later seasons. Puberty has been kind to him.* While K.C. and Connor both check off all the appropriate geek checkboxes as Gifted Program students that built a robot, then went on to join the academic quiz team? They also are both on the football team. K.C. was always a bit physical, but Connor's actor was blessed by puberty and gained several inches in height since he started on the show.* Will from ''TheInbetweeners'' is actually the least slim of the four protagonists, but he is still not overweight by any account.[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]* Justin from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' works at a comic shop, and has pretty much the personality you would expect considering his workplace, but since he's been doing martial arts for years he's actually in shape. Catalina's remark upon seeing him is [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-04-16 "Holy crap! Aren't comic book guys supposed to be grapefruit shaped?"]] like the nameless extras in the last panel.** Elliot isn't as geeky as the rest of the main characters, but he does have some tendencies, and he's easily the most fit out of them all. [[AvertedTrope Or he might be the closest thing Dan Shive could write to a meat-head jock while still making him fit into the ensemble.]]* Naps from ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' actually works out, which is why Anne [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20080515.html doesn't believe he worked in IT]] (not that he actually did, but his former co-workers did fit into both stereotypes.)----


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Essays on Food, Hunger, Nutrition, Primary Health Care and Development (AVIVA, 480 p.) |
12. Foreign Aid and its Role in Maintaining the Exploitation of the Agricultural Sector: Evidence from a Case Study in Africa |
For a country like Cameroon, favorable terms of trade for the agricultural sector should be the basis of development. Ideally, a significant proportion of the surpluses generated by the primary sector should be reinvested in some aspect of rural development, or in ventures servicing the primary sector. This is not what one finds when Cameroons official statistics are critically analyzed.
When a country is primarily an agricultural exporting country, it is not unreasonable that the primary sectors surpluses become the major revenue source for the overall financing of development (2. p. 25). But when in the process of financing the growth of the secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy, a government stigmatizes the growth and growth potential of its primary sector the goose that lays the golden eggs -then one can safely assume that one is facing a process of exploitation, of wealth expropriation of that sector. The consequences of such a process-that is, urban migration and sharp decreases in agricultural production and productivity-can be irreversible. Since the peasants ability to exert pressure upon the government for the implementation of needed chances is limited. the only means of expressing rural discontent is through migration to urban centers.
In Cameroon, the government evidently tolerates a situation in which the primary sector furnishes the rest of the national economy with a sizable part of its surpluses. mostly export revenues, at the expense of limiting the growth of the real present source of weath. Cocoa and coffee are the main export crops in Cameroon. Since both crops are perennial plants, producers-originally motivated by attractive prices and prospects of high economic returns-became captives of the government, which fixes the prices once either crop has been planted. Today, both crops are no longer as profitable as they were twenty years ago, even discounting inflation and despite the fluctuations in prices observed in the international markets. As a consequence, food crops have increasingly become a potential source of relative higher profits in recent years. Food prices have not only followed overall inflationary trends, hut have surpassed the average consumer price index (3. pp. 30, 31). However, the problem of bringing such products to urban markets in time, at a reasonable cost. and with minimum spoilage still remains.
Exhibit 1.1
In Cameroon, the agricultural sub-sector alone employs 73 percent of the active population and produces 70 percent of the external revenues (4, p. 1). By major sectors of the economy, the distribution of employment is the following primary sector, 79.4 percent; secondary sector, 6.7 percent; and tertiary sector. 13.9 percent (5, p. 14).
In Cameroons 1979-1980 national budget, 6.4 percent of all budgeted expenditures were allocated to agriculture (for investments plus administrative expenses) (4, p. 58). In contrast, the contribution of the agricultural sector to the overall value of exports has been between 67 and 75 percent in the last few years (4. p. 5-11). Some 30 to 40 percent of the budgetary resources of the cm eminent derive from the primary sector (4, p. 1). More than 50 percent of the countrys budgetary resources come from customs duties levied on exports and imports (6, p. 4)
The contribution of the primary sector to the countrys Gross Domestic Product was 30 percent in 1979-1980 (5, p. 3). To analyze the returns to agriculture from this contribution, one has to look at several sources. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning updates its estimations of the total cost of financing its five-year development plans yearly and presents those estimations in current dollar values each year. Table 1 compares investments planned in the fourth five-year plan and then actually made in agriculture and the primary sector. The analysis of these data demonstrates that agriculture and the primary sector get back only a small fraction of the cash surpluses they produce in the form of direct government and other public investments. That fraction decreases in the governments own successive projections of its budget allocations toward the end of the plan. The fraction is also cut in the projections for the total investments planned by all sources (public, foreign, and private funds). Finally, the investments actually made in the first four years of the plan show a further reduction in the percentages of development funds finally allocated to agriculture and the primary sector1 The gap between projected and actual investments is thus shown in Table 1 in terms of the percentages of overall development funds available for the rural economy that were finally invested by the public sector plus all other sources.
1 A recent Food and Agriculture Organization study showed that agricultures share of government expenditures between 1967 and 1973 was less than one-fourth of its contribution to the gross national product in all but six of the 52 developing countries surveyed. As Harrison notes (8, p. 26), The agricultural sector has all too often been used as a milk cow to provide resources to develop cities and industry.
Table 1
Cameroon's Fourth Five-Year Plan (1976-1981) Investments planned and investments actually made in agriculture and the primary sector as percent of all development investments made by sourcea
Investments Planned (as % of source's total development investments) |
Investments Actually Made as % of source's total development investments | |||||||
End of 3rd Year Estimate |
End of 4th Year Estimate |
End of 4th Year | ||||||
Investment Recipient |
Govt. Budget |
Overall Public Fundsb |
All Sourcesc |
Govt. Budget |
Overall Public Funds |
All Sources |
Govt. Budget |
Overall Public Funds |
All Sources |
Agriculture |
6.6 |
12.5 |
12 |
6.4 |
9.4 |
7.5 |
4.3 |
7.3 |
6 |
Primary sectord |
13.8 |
19.8 |
18 |
12.5 |
16.8 |
12.7 |
8.6 |
13.8 |
10e |
a Sources for data: table on estimated financing costs of the fourth five-year development plan at the end of its third year (7, Annexe Statistique, p. 105); table on estimated financing costs of the plan at the end of its fourth year (6, p. 48); and table on total investments actually made in the plan at the end of its fourth year (6, p. 53).b Includes government budget plus extrabudgetary funds, municipalities, a few specialized funds and boards (mainly the National Produce Marketing Board), and parastatal enterprises.
c Includes internally generated public funds, foreign aid funds (grants and loans), and private funds.
d Includes agriculture, livestock, forestry, fisheries, and integrated rural development.
e The equivalent percentages for the secondary and tertiary sectors were 52 and 26 percent, respectively.
The next step is to show what percentage of the investments planned for the five years of the Fourth Plan (updated to 1980 current dollars) were actually spent by the end of its fourth year. If investments had been evenly distributed throughout the five years of the plan, 80 percent of the funds should have been actually invested at the end of the fourth year. It is in the light of this latter consideration that the data in Table 2 have to be interpreted. The table presents all funding sources and the financial contributions made by them to the major sectors of the economy and for purposes of comparison, each sources contribution to the total financing of the Fourth Plan.
Table 2
Cameroons Fourth Five-Year Development Plan (1976-1981): Percentage of total investments planned already invested at the end of the fourth year by sector
Source of Investment | ||||
Investment Recipient |
Govt. Budget |
Overall Public Fundsa |
Foreign Aidb |
Private Funds |
Total Fundsc |
Agriculture |
39 |
48 |
49 |
82d |
50 |
Primary sector |
40 |
50 |
50 |
69 |
51 |
Secondary sectore |
59 |
66 |
69 |
71 |
69 |
Tertiary sectorf |
54 |
59 |
57 |
74 |
58 |
Total Fourth Plan (all sectors) |
58 |
62 |
61 |
71 |
63 |
a Government budget included.b Grants and loans.
c Funds from all sources.
d Theoretically beyond projection.
e Includes Industry, mines, and energy.
f Includes commerce, transport, tourism, ports, railroad, roads, aeronautics, meteorology, post and telecommunications, and all other activities.
Table 2 shows that agriculture, and the primary sector in general, lags behind the other sectors in the investments actually received in the first four years of the plan. It also shows that government contributions lag behind all other sources. The high level of investments attained by the private sector in agriculture at the end of the fourth year, as compared with what was projected, may be misleading in two ways. First, private investment actually represented only a small fraction (6 percent) of the overall investments in agriculture and most probably went to the modern sector within agriculture. Second, private investment in agriculture represents an even smaller proportion (1.5 percent) of the overall investments that sector made in the countrys economy, the latter being a good indicator of the decreasing profitability of agriculture in Cameroon (6, p. 53). This statement is true for productive investments in agriculture only, since the marketing of agricultural products (export cash-crops and domestic consumption food crops) has been and continues to be very lucrative.
Exhibit 1.2
A balance sheet of the financial relationships between the state and the agricultural sector in Cameroon in 1978-1979 (Table 3) shows that the government kept 81 percent of what it took from the agricultural sector and reinvested 19 percent; the National Produce Marketing Board kept 52 percent of what it took and reinvested 48 percent. In summary, the state, through direct or indirect means, kept 69 percent of what it took from the agricultural sector and reinvested 31 percent.
Table 3
Balance sheet of financial relationship between the state and the agricultural sector, Cameroon, 1978-1979
Contribution of the agricultural sector to the national treasury |
$368 million |
Assets directly contributed to the state in the form of taxes, customs duties, and other direct and indirect dues |
($213 million) |
Net returns collected by the National Produce Marketing Board |
($155 million) |
Participation of the state in financing the agricultural sector |
$115.5 million (31%) |
Operations budget |
($21 million) |
Investment budget |
($19.5 million) |
National Produce Marketing Boards investment budget |
($75 million) |
Net contribution of the agricultural sector |
$252.5 million (69%) |
Moreover, the agricultural export sector (modern and traditional) received, in the same year, 60 percent of the above public investments and produced only 30 percent of the Gross Agricultural Product (4, p. 53). (It should be noted that some of these investments are long-term and may not yield results measurable in the Gross Agricultural Product until several years later.) The modern sector alone (public and private), in turn, got 60 percent of the preceding 60 percent and produced only 9 percent of the Gross Agricultural Product (4, p. 93). This left the traditional (nonmodern) agricultural export sector with only 40 percent of the public investment and producing 21 percent of the Gross Agricultural Product. On the other hand, the food producing sector-which produces 90 percent of all nationally consumed cereals, 100 percent of all consumed tubers and legumes, and 90 percent of all consumed fruits and vegetables, and is responsible for 70 percent of the Gross Agricultural Product-received only 40 percent of the overall government investments allotted to the sector (9, p. 38).
In summary, then, 69 percent of the revenues from agriculture were used to finance the other sectors of the economy. Thus, the other sectors of the economy have increased their share of the Gross Domestic Product at the expense and to the detriment of the Gross Agricultural Product (4, p. 51). In part as a response to this situation, urban migration toward Douala and Yaounde-the two major cities in Cameroon-has increased at a rate of about 8 percent a year (9. p. 3).
Exhibit 1.3
In the last 20 years, the agricultural sector in Cameroon has grown less than the other sectors of the economy (five times vs. seven times) (4, p. 7). Or, put in another way, the real growth of the Gross Agricultural Product (6 percent) is slower than the growth of the overall Gross Domestic Product for the country, which is 8 percent per year. According to another source (10, p. 3), the growth rates of the agricultural sector were evaluated at even lower levels, namely 4.1 percent for 1966-1971, 3.1 percent for 1971-1975, and 5.2 percent for 1976-1978. The latter broke down as 3.5, 4.6, and 7.0 percent, respectively, for food crops and as 6.1, 0.1, and 2.9 percent, respectively, for export crops.
The percentage of the overall Gross Domestic Product represented by the Gross Domestic Product of the primary sector has evolved from 38 percent in 1962-1963, to 30 percent in 1970-1971, to 34 percent in 1975-1976, to 32 percent in 1978-1979, to 30 percent in 1979-1980, and is expected to fall to 27 percent in 1982-1986 (5, p.3; 11, p.8).
Exhibit 1.4
In 1976 the export revenues in Cameroon increased 34 percent over what they were in 1975, with an increase of only 1.6 percent in the total tonnage of agricultural products exported. In 1977-1978 the export revenues increased 19 percent over the previous year, although the total tonnage of exports, especially arabica coffee, actually decreased (7, p. 206). The balance of payments for the country was negative for those two years: $65 million in 1976-1977 and $125 million In 1977-1978 (7, Annexe Statistique, p. 51). The balance of payments is particularly negative with France, the United States, Japan, the Peoples Republic of China, and the United Kingdom, In that order. (The European Economic Community receives 78 percent of Cameroons exports and is the source of 67 percent of its imports; France receives 31 percent of Cameroons exports and is the source of 43 percent of its imports (12)).
In constant dollars (inflation discounted), the price received by the producers of arabica coffee in 1979 was 63 percent of what it was In 1960 (91 percent for robusta coffee); cocoa regained 100 percent of its 1960 price in 1977 and in 1980 this figure was 105 percent (4, p. 149). In 1979, one kilogram of coffee bought at $1.40 to the producer by the National Produce Marketing Board was sold at $4.45 in Europe; therefore, only 32 percent of the sales price reached the producer (4, p. 158). Furthermore, in 1977, one kilogram of cocoa bought at 75 cents to the producer was sold at $6 in the international market. (After that, the price to the producer was increased by 93 percent toward 1980, a time at which the international price dropped significantly (13, p. 95).)
The ratio of the producer price to the world price has evolved as follows in the last 20 years (4, p. 159): arabica coffee-76 percent of FOB price in 1960 and 43 percent in 1979; robusta coffee-69 percent of FOB price in 1964 and 40 percent in 1979;2 cocoa-65 percent of FOB price in 1961 and 43 percent in 1979.
2 In 1978-1979, the same ratio for other countries in the world which export robusta coffee was as follows: Ivory Coast, 38 percent; Madagascar, 33 percent; Indonesia, 64 percent; and the Philippines, 65 percent (14, pp. 39, 43).
Prices of agricultural inputs for farmers have grown faster in Cameroon than the prices of their agricultural export products (4, p. 51). In constant dollars, the real value of agricultural products, when the sectors inputs costs are considered, lost 40 to 45 percent between 1963 and 1975. If one assigns an index value of 100 to the prices of agricultural export products and fertilizers in 1970, in 1976 the index for the same products was 166 and that of fertilizers was 456 (4, p. 150). Fertilizers are partly subsidized by the government, however. Forty-five percent of all the fertilizers consume. in the country go to coffee production (13, p. 95).
Exhibit 1.5
Between 1960 and 1975, the coffee producers real purchasing power fell by between 3 and 10 percent every year at a time when the average national purchasing power (Gross Domestic Product per capita) increased by 37 percent a year (in constant dollars, too), roughly doubling in 20 years to $233 in 1980 (4, p. 149; 5, p. 13).
The ratio of the Gross Domestic Product per capita for the agricultural sector to the Gross Domestic Product per capita for the national average has evolved as follows: 41 percent in 1965. 45 percent in 1970, and 48 percent in 1979 (4, p. 143). The per capita agricultural income is at present between one-fourth and one-half that of the national average and therefore much below the per capita income of the other sectors (4, p. 141).


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Payton Poulin and his father Patrick Poulin will be headed to the BCS game on Monday. / Glenn Beil/Democrat
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — A very important Florida State fan arrived at the team hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Saturday, although most players and coaches see him as a member of the team.
Payton Poulin, the 19-year-old FSU freshman, has been on the practice sidelines all season for the Seminoles and finally arrived Saturday to get to work on a national championship.
Payton has a rare physical condition called schizencephaly, similar to cerebral palsy, that requires him to use a wheelchair, but it�s never stopped him from from rooting for the �Noles.
He came to California with his mother Retina and father Patrick, of St. Cloud. Their trip is mostly expense free, thanks to a few dedicated fans and head coach Jimbo Fisher, who put forward the family�s tickets.
Michael Haggard, a Coral Gables attorney and the son of longtime FSU trustee Andy Haggard, stepped in to pay for the family�s travel and hotel expenses. Matthew Wharton, a Seminole fan from Thomasville, Ga., raised thousands for the Poulins through a PayPal account.
Payton had just checked into the hotel Saturday morning and already coaches were coming up to him and putting out fist bumps.
�It means the world to me. I can�t believe that it happened this fast. It�s something that means more to me than anybody would ever understand,� he said. �I�m just taking this in right now.�
Payton arrived just in time to see the team bus leave for practice. He wouldn�t have wanted be anywhere else.
�I�m just looking forward to helping my family get better and just be a part of this environment because I have never been around this many great people,� he said. �I just love how they have accepted me and put me into their family.�
This is the first time Patrick and Retina are going to see what Payton does for the Seminoles.
�I haven�t� been around a lot of this big stuff for Payton,� Patrick said. �This is going to be my first experience meeting Jimbo and meeting more of the team.�
�It feels exciting to be here,� Retina said. �But it�s more for Payton. I�m happy for him.�
Payton said after the ACC Championship game that should he get a chance to be in Pasadena for the national championship, it would be on �business.�
You can tell he�s been focusing on Monday night.
�I think we�re going to attack their running game. We need to be able to stop Mason,� Payton said of stand-out Auburn running back Tre Mason. �I think the front seven would be able to contain him.�
He�s predicting a 41-20 FSU victory.
For Payton, a life-long Seminole fan and sports fanatic, says a win Monday is important to him because of what he hasn�t been able to do.
�I was hoping to make a speech to the team sometime before the game just about what this means to me,� Payton said. �They got the opportunity to play high school football, college football and some of them will go to the NFL, and I didn�t even play high school football.�
But a win in Pasadena is more for the school he loves.
�It�s important for them to win because they�ll be a huge part of Florida State history forever. They will really be able to say they won a national championship,� he said. �They have an amazing opportunity to make history.�
After watching the team get on the bus, Payton was still in shock at what the next few days have in store for him.
�It�s awesome,� he said. �I still can�t believe that I�m here.�
He then took off for practice.